1.50: FREE FLOWING – EW – (TOM HARNEY (7)/NORMAN LEE) 2.25: ARCTIC AMBITION (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.00: MULLINS CROSS (SHANE FENELON (7)/JOHN HANLON) 3.35: FERONLY (MARK WALSH/EMMET MULLINS) 4.10: PERCIVAL LEGALLOIS (MARK WALSH/GAVIN CROMWELL) 4.40: THE LITTLE YANK (DANNY MULLINS/JOHN RYAN) 5.20: SATTAM (FINNY MAGUIRE/DERMOT WELD)
Aidan O’Brien recently sent out his 4,000th winner. Yes, that figure includes both Flat and National Hunt. We know, too, that he has seemingly endless resources of the Coolmore ‘syndicate’ backing, no need to labour on the point. Simply because, no matter how impeccably bred a steed may be, their pedigree will count for damn… Read More Not all change is good
Over the years, I’ve been very fortunate to meet a host of top sports stars, and befriend quite a few of them. Regular ingesters of content from this keyboard will know the list well. Or some of them. Colm O’Rourke, Graham Geragthy, Noel Meade, Jim Bolger, Trevor Brennan, Sean O’Brien, Peter O’Mahony and Michael Carruth.… Read More Each sport must compete for market share
What old style life hacks can you remember from when you were growing up? For example, I know there was a method of mending a puncture on a bike (or wheelchair!) involving washing up liquid. The same substance was also deployed to counteract a disease in rose bushes which I think was called blackspot. Vinegar… Read More The engine can only be fixed with the proper tools
Con Houlihan, after one of the epic Dublin/Kerry encounters of the 1970s, began his summation of the event thus: “House private, no flowers please’. Now read on… The strange opening was a nod to Con’s “Friend Girl” Harriet Duffin who was a Dub. On the said occasion, his would be the happy half of their… Read More There are none so blind as those who don’t want to see
In what I think was 2002, the notion landed to get da tickets for the Fairyhouse Easter Festival as a birthday present. Apart from the fact that the day we went was the coldest day I was ever at a sporting event anywhere, the other abiding memory is if Gordon Elliot taking a mount in… Read More The star pupil has taken over career guidance
2.20: TEQUILA TALKIN (JORDAN GAINFORD/PAUL NOLAN) 2.50: KING OF KINGSFIELD (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.20: BANADA BRIDGE – EW – (JORDAN GAINFORD/DENISE FOSTER) 3.50: SHANNON ROYALE (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.20: JUKEBOX JIVE – EW – (SHANE FITZGERALD/SHANE NOLAN) 4.50: DOYEN FOR A DRINK – EW –(CONOR SMITHERS (7)/DECLAN QUEALLY) 5.20: MIDLETON ROSE – EW – (JODY… Read More Selections for Fairyhouse – Oct. 2nd 2023
It is said the definition of stupidity is repeatedly doing the same thing expecting different results. Thankfully, the majority of society has copped onto that reality. The farmer that mows hay when there’s rain forecast generally won’t do it again, the player who goes out to partake in a match donning brand new boots absolutely… Read More Are they capable of learning? – SIDELINE CUTS 31
2.00: GOODIE TWO SHOES (SIMON TORRENS/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 2.30: CAOIMHE’S PET – EW – (GARY NOONAN (5)/EOIN MCCARTHY) 3.00: GORTMILLISH (JORDAN GAINFORD/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.35: WALK OUT – EW – (AIDAN KELLY (5)/J & T KIELY) 4.10: JACK HOLIDAY (PHILIP BYRNES (5)/CHARLES BYRNES) 4.45: LEISH OSCARS SON (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 5.20: CEANNDANA (KEITH DONOGHUE/ROSS O’SULLIVAN)
1.40: NINE LIVES – EW – (GAVIN RYAN/DONNACHA O’BRIEN) 2.10: TRACHONITUS – EW – (RORY CLEARY/JIM BOLGER) 2.40: DUNUM (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/NATALIA LUPINI) 3.15: ARCTIC FLY (SEAN O’KEEFFE/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.50: ZARAK THE BRAVE (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.25: STARMAN – EW – (JAMES O’SULLIVAN (3)/ANTHONY MCCANN) 5.00: CAPTAIN CONBOY (JACK KENNEDY/EAMON SHEEHY) 5.30: FRENCH HILL – EW… Read More Selections for Tipperary – Oct. 1st 2023